Workshops in musical theatre
Galway Actors Workshop will offer training opportunities in musical theatre next month, when Australian performer Claire Healy, will give two weekend workshops.
Acting Through Song, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7, will focus on creating characters within song in both solo and ensemble contexts.
There will be work on vocal technique, but the sessions will concentrate mainly on storytelling through song. Previous singing experience would be a bonus, but not essential.
Singing Audition Preparation will take place the following weekend, September 13-15, and will focus on doing the best singing audition, whether it is for musical theatre, plays featuring music or auditioning for drama school.
The workshop will explore vocal technique, song choice, vocal style and creating a character through song.
Participants will also get tips on combating nerves.
Claire Healy is an actor, musician and songwriter who has worked in many facets of theatre in the UK, Australia and Ireland. She has a BA in Music Theatre from the Ballarat Arts Academy and has trained in piano and various vocal and dance styles in both Melbourne and London.
Claire has toured extensively as an actor and musical theatre performer. Her show Flamboyant: Like a Flame, but Buoyant was rated the number one cabaret show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013, according to Twitter, and she is currently performing her new show, Playdough Face, there, having previewed it at the Twisted Pepper in Dublin.
Claire has composed and performed music for many shows in Australia and was the music coach at Red Stitch Actors Theatre. She was musical director and composer for Anam Theatre’s Low Level Panic at the Galway Theatre Festival and its hugely successful national tour.
She has taught vocal technique, musical theatre and drama to both children and adults for a number of years, both at the Backstage Dance Academy in Melbourne and as a private tutor.
The cost for both weekends cost is €240/220 (student/ unemployed/ Equity member). However it is also possible to book the weekends as stand-alone courses, for which the cost is €140/120 (student/ unemployed/ Equity).
The courses take place at the Anno Santo Hotel in Salthill and there are 12 places. To book, please call Sarah on 087 237 3531 or email [email protected]